14 May 2007
SPT joins up 4,000 journeys to Womens 10k
4,000 competitors chose special SPT services to travel to and from the race.
An astonishing one in four runners in the Women's 10K race chose to travel to the event by public transport. Figures gathered by SPT showed that its initiative to join up journeys to the start line on the south side of Glasgow proved a big hit with runners and their companions.
Of the 12,000 competitors and connections, almost 4,000 took advantage of SPT's free Subway, shuttle bus and parking offer. For the first time, the city's Subway system opened two hours earlier than a normal Sunday morning to get competitors from across the city to the start line.
Working in partnership with First Glasgow, SPT arranged for dedicated race shuttle buses to operate continuously from two departure points - Cochrane Street, off George Square, and Shields Road Subway station - to the start and back again from the finish. At one point, extras buses were drafted in and 19 buses were operating the special race shuttle services.
SPT's multi storey car park at Shields Road was also busier than usual for a Sunday, with 500 vehicles parked for the duration of the race.
SPT Assistant Chief Executive Gordon Maclennan said: "We're delighted that SPT was able to join up journeys to the Womens 10K for such a significant number of competitors. It's a first for us and its success is down to partnership working - with the race organisers and First Glasgow.
"It was a particularly busy day for our Subway staff, between the race and then later on, football fans making their way to Ibrox Stadium for the match against Kilmarnock. They pulled out all the stops and showed that the Subway system is a real asset to the city."
ends